No, its not halloween. All the talk and attention on the school plays got Mikey into action. He pulled out the lion suit that he wore when he was in 1st grade, then Catie put on the monkey suit, then Evie the elephant costume. Well here is a picture or two. (Continued…)

I was telling mom about how many chickens we had, and decided to take some pictures and show them off. We started this about a year ago with six hens, now with a few added on here and there and us hatching some of our own, we are up to 24 chickens. (Continued…)

Catie and the first grade class at Stafford Elementary put on the Deep in the Jungle production. Catie got the prestigious part of Monkey number 1. She really blew everyone away with her performance. (Continued…)

We have new baby chickens! After one bad incubating batch, Tessa started another one with a new strategy. 21 days later, 5 baby chicks hatched out perfectly. These chicks were laid right here from our chickens. (Continued…)

This spring break we went to the Science Place in Dallas. Its one of the best place to take kids during vacation since most of it is geared towards children. Click on the pictures and read the descriptions for more story. (Continued…)

Evie’s class had a school play this year. Evie’s got to play the elephant. Tessa mad a really cool costume for her, although it proved to be very hot. They had a circus program here all the kids were dressed up as different animals. They also had motorcycles ( big wheels ) and other things riding through. (Continued…)

We had our first space derby with Mikey and the scout troop. The actual event snuck up on us, so Tessa had to make most of the rocket with a little help from Mikey. Long story short, we came home with 1st place. (Continued…)

Here are some pictures from our trip to the Zoo this last spring break. The kids had a lot of fun. Click on the pictures and read the captions for more. (Continued…)

Our incubating has been having a tough time, but we couldn’t wait to get some baby chicks in our brooder. We went down to the feed store and bought 6 Baby Rhode Island Red chicks. (Continued…)

Yesterday we went to Sea World. It was a long day, but well worth it. We got to see the killer whales, all kinds of dolphins, and had the opportunity to walk a couple miles. Then to top it off, we got to hit rush our traffic in San Antonio and Austin, what more could you ask for. (Continued…)

We had a very exciting trip to the Fossil Rim Animal Park on our first day of spring break vacation. It included a giraffe eating out of our hands, and a crazy ostrich that decided, “where are they trowing that food from, there must be a crap load in there” and came in after it. You’ll have to watch the video for more than that. (Continued…)

We got our basketball picture that the kids took scanned finally. Here they are, take a look. (Continued…)

Last week, we made a visit to the party store to buy supplies for Evie’s class party. Its was fun to take pictures of the kids will all of the crazy things that they put on. So here are some more fun pictures. (Continued…)

Tessa and I found the solution to our bobcat troubles. It includes a cute fluffy white bunny, and a steel trap. Don’t worry, this trap is designed to keep the bunny safe. (Continued…)

This year, we are trying our first shot at incubating chicken eggs. These eggs were home grown in our coop, and should be exciting to see hatch. Stay tuned, we have about 15 of the 21 days left before hatching. (Continued…)

I found some broken eggs this morning while walking between my house and Mom’s house. I just assumed it was an opossum or something so I set a trap, only to find my self face to face with a skunk. (Continued…)

It was Dr. Seuss birthday yesterday. The school had various activities. Tessa made a huge cat in the hat cake for the Pre-K, and Catie’s class make their own Dr. Seuss books. (Continued…)

About 6 months ago, Mrs. Riddle, our neighbor called and said that a bobcat had attacked her chickens. Now, we finally have got one of the bobcats, but there is still another one. (Continued…)

Check out this video of the kids having fun on the historical snow day in Italy, Texas. Mikey, Catie, Evie, Sydney and Frankie had a lot of fun making snowballs, snowmen, and the start of a snow fort. (Continued…)

February is a really busy month our family. We have Tessa’s Birthday, Dad’s Birthday, Mom and Dad’s Anniversary, and Gary and Nan’s Birthday. The kids helped blow out the candles, and dad had a little too much fun with my son’s sugar addiction. (Continued…)